About

Economic well-being is one crucial aspect of family well-being. The goals of the Family Economic Well-being project are to:

  • document the economic well-being of families using different measures (e.g., poverty, employment, middle-class status),
  • track economic well-being over macroeconomic and policy changes,
  • estimate the effects of caregiving activities on employment, and 
  • identify and evaluate policies (e.g., paid family leave) that support working families.

This project produces research-based evidence to inform policy and practice that promotes family economic well-being. The research is primarily based on analyses of large, population-based national survey data (e.g., American Community Survey and Consumer Expenditure Survey) as well as local data.


 

For more information, please contact:

Hua Zan, PhD
Associate Researcher
hzan@hawaii.edu
(808) 956-9419